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Hum detour worth the miles, but it works great if you're headed east anyway (such as to
Opatija or Rijeka).
Hum
According to its marketing plan, Hum (pronounced “hoom,” Colmo in Italian) is the “smal-
lesttownintheworld.”While therearesurelyhamlets eventinier thanthis,withitspopula-
tionof16people, asofafewdecades ago—whenfirstitlaid claim tothishonor—Humhad
a Town Hall, church, school, post office, and all the other trappings of a “town”...so it wins
the title on a technicality. Smart gimmick.
Unfortunately, these days Hum is also, per capita, the most touristy town in the
world—crammedwithvisitorswhocometostrollthroughitsstreets,dropsomekunasinits
souvenir shops, or dine at its lone restaurant,
Humska Konoba,
with fine outdoor terrace
seating (daily mid-May-mid-Oct 11:00-22:00, closed Mon mid-March-mid-May and mid-
Oct-mid-Nov, Sat-Sun only in winter, tel. 052/660-005).
But despite its quirks and its one-trick commercialism, Hum is engaging. At the far
corner of Istria—just up the road from Mount U
č
ka, which forms the natural boundary with
